Briefs

Baars UK is launching Maidwell, a new cheese packaged by Design Bridge and named by Brand Guardians.

The Victoria & Albert Museum head of design Brian Griggs has worked with Carter Wong & Partners on the V&A’s new 400m2 Canon Photography Gallery, due to open on 21 May.

Jim Bean Blues, the first bourbon pre-mixed drink, is to be launched in the UK with labelling by Randak Design Consultants in Glasgow.

Bespoke and ready-to-wear tailor Timothy Everest is to introduce a new identity created by Thumb.

The Point in London has developed an identity for the Abaseen Institute of Medical Sciences in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Album designer Storm Thorgerson is creating the next season’s brochure for Scottish Opera. The brochure will be unveiled on 16 May.

Boddingtons has introduced new packaging, featuring a revised brand identity by Jones Knowles Ritchie.

David Hicks, the interior designer who worked on the QE2 and a royal yacht for King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, has died aged 69. Hicks wrote several books on design and set up his own consultancy, David Hicks, in 1960.

Associated Design Consultancy’s implementation work for London Transport does not include standardising the identities for the client or its subsidiaries as was reported in DW 27 February.